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Partimos de um enquadramento teórico que se sustenta nos conceitos de transnacionalismo económico, empresarialismo migrante, economias étnicas e diásporas. Neste estudo, temos como principal objetivo analisar os processos de transnacionalismo envolvidos nas atividades dos empresários de origem nepalesa com negócios na cidade de Lisboa. Este enfoque numa população imigrante que é mais recente em Portugal, menos conhecida e em crescimento torna este trabalho particularmente relevante. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo que engloba 36 entrevistas semi-estruturadas a empresários nepaleses, etnografia e observação participante. Nos resultados analisamos os perfis dos empresários nepaleses, examinamos estratégias de financiamento e formas específicas de desenvolvimento empresarial, bem como modos de transnacionalismo envolvidos. É feita ainda uma comparação com outros empresários imigrantes sul-asiáticos em Lisboa. As conclusões destacam a relevância das redes étnicas transnacionais nepalesas, bem como das estratégias de negócio de base étnica, no empreendedorismo nepalês, permitindo colocar a hipótese da existência de várias economias étnicas separadas nesta migração; foram igualmente detetadas novas formas de transnacionalismo migrante económico.
We start from a theoretical framework based on the concepts of economic transnationalism, migrant entrepreneurship, ethnic economies and diasporas. In this study, we have as our main objective to analyze the processes of transnationalism involved with the activities of entrepreneurs of Nepalese origin with businesses in the city of Lisbon. The relevance of the work is related with the focus on a more recent, growing and not so well known immigrant population in Portugal. This is a qualitative study that encompasses 36 semi-structured interviews with Nepali business people, ethnography and participant observation. In the results we analyze the profiles of the Nepali entrepreneurs and we examine the financing strategies and specific forms of business development, as well as the modes of transnationalism involved. We also make a comparison with other South Asian immigrant entrepreneurs in Lisbon. The conclusions highlight the relevance of Nepali transnational ethnic networks, as well as ethnic-based business strategies in Nepali entrepreneurship, hypothesizing the existence of several separate ethnic economies in this migration; in addition new forms of economic migrant transnationalism were detected.
We start from a theoretical framework based on the concepts of economic transnationalism, migrant entrepreneurship, ethnic economies and diasporas. In this study, we have as our main objective to analyze the processes of transnationalism involved with the activities of entrepreneurs of Nepalese origin with businesses in the city of Lisbon. The relevance of the work is related with the focus on a more recent, growing and not so well known immigrant population in Portugal. This is a qualitative study that encompasses 36 semi-structured interviews with Nepali business people, ethnography and participant observation. In the results we analyze the profiles of the Nepali entrepreneurs and we examine the financing strategies and specific forms of business development, as well as the modes of transnationalism involved. We also make a comparison with other South Asian immigrant entrepreneurs in Lisbon. The conclusions highlight the relevance of Nepali transnational ethnic networks, as well as ethnic-based business strategies in Nepali entrepreneurship, hypothesizing the existence of several separate ethnic economies in this migration; in addition new forms of economic migrant transnationalism were detected.
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Transnacionalismo migrante Empresários nepaleses Economias étnicas Redes migrantes Migrant transnationalism Nepali entrepreneurs Ethnic economies Migrant networks